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About the Course

By the end of this course, you’ll be able to manipulate files and processes on your computer’s operating system. You’ll also have learned about regular expressions -- a very powerful tool for processing text files -- and you’ll get practice using the Linux command line on a virtual machine. And, this might feel like a stretch right now, but you’ll also write a program that processes a bunch of errors in an actual log file and then generates a summary file. That’s a super useful skill for IT Specialists to know. We’ll kick off by exploring how to execute Python locally, and organize and use code across different Python files. We'll then learn how to read and write different types of files, and use subprocesses and input streams. We'll also dive into Bash scripting and regular expressions -- both very powerful tools for anyone working with systems. We'll even touch on automatic testing, which allows us to automate how we check if our code is correct. To finish, we’ll put all this together by using the tools that we’ve acquired to process data and generate automatic reports. We’ll also explain how to set up your own developer environment in your machine. This is a key step in being able to write and deploy powerful automation tools....

Top reviews

GK

Oct 6, 2022

Expalined the concepts missed from the previous course a lot well. Only thing I would change is to add more about using commands in windows and other platforms as well. Overall it was a great course!

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Jun 15, 2020

In starting five weeks , all answers were directly provided and week 6 and 7 were very tough. So i suggest to equalize the toughness level in all weeks ,ie, no direct spoon feed nor abrupt toughness

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By A.J. O

May 24, 2020

The only issue I had with this course was the final. I was put in a lab that was running Python 3.5 instead of what is being taught throughout the course, python 3.7. This wouldn't have been a big deal had it been explicitly stated but it made accessing my regex groups impossible by using the 3.7 syntax.

By Luis B

Nov 1, 2021

The course is great. I think that some more information should be given for the non Linux people, mainly for the final lab. In it you ask to start a web browser, and I couldn't. I went out of the lab and search for it, found some ways but didn't work in the lab. So I couldn't see my files on the web.

By Linda C

May 22, 2020

Great material, clearly presented. Ran into some dumb problems with the labs, like the autograder wouldn't accept whitespace in the code but the Chat agents tried hard to help. They even followed up and emailed me that the autograder would be fixed to look at output instead of script code. Nice!

By Jane O W

Jun 26, 2020

The course material is valuable. Some of the quizzes and graded labs have flaws that need to be corrected. The tech support people thru chat at Qwiklabs are excellent. They are very responsive and fix problems with labs quickly. They are the go to people from problems with graded assignments.

By Bakhtiar R

Jul 2, 2023

The qwick labs were very long and the grader would not pass even after following all of the steps. There should be a final solution presented at the end which the user can use to pass the grader if he has tried his best to follow all of the instructions and yet the grader does not pass.

By Jerome S

Feb 14, 2023

This course is good but be aware that it is a major step up from the last one. If you like a challenge then this one is for you. RegEx is a major component of this course so if you don't have experience with it, then getting a basic understanding before the course will greatly help too.

By Chirag I P

Jun 19, 2020

I have learnt what the course indented to, but the assessment was smooth. I had problems with two assessment's and wasted way too much time on it. The worst part about that was that the problem was with the mode of assessment and not the code itself. So please change it!

By Michael D

Apr 8, 2020

Informative and smoothly-presented course! The subject matter can be a little dry and dense, but it keeps moving along and covers a wide base of important information. The Qwiklabs, however, need to be cleaned up a bit as they have a few errors and can be cumbersome.

By Graeme A

Apr 3, 2020

Much of the early part of the course seemed to be very simply following instructions without knowing whether we were necessarily understanding much, but the final two modules really tested what we've learned and gave a real sense of accomplishment once it all worked!

By Dũng Đ

Aug 25, 2022

Overall the course is good, but the qwiklab assessment is quite bad. In qwiklabs my code run but when i verify my code it failed, i tried some ways and fixed it, so I think they should put requirements in each lab, so people can write code according to it

By Muhammad Q A H

Jul 22, 2022

The Course is really helpful and informative, a bit of suggestion here that please add more practice assignments and exercises to workout the skills better as most of the graded assessment had almost 80% of the work done, so that seemed like spoon feeding.

By Spiffykat 4

Aug 9, 2021

Great class and solid work. If there was room for more I would recommend a few more examples with classes and to bring more PEP-8 to light instead of its subtle mentions through other resources.

However, you will achieve the basics as it was designed.

By Angela Y

Apr 22, 2020

i would like to say thank you for providing this opportunity to learn things in a convenient and pleasant way. There are tons of information to digest. With hands-on practice through lab and quiz, the journey becomes very awarding and encourage.

By Ishita A

Jun 30, 2023

Would have loved more elaboration and videos on Bash Scripting as it is a wide topic and was a little difficult to grasp. The course overall is very informative and gives learners opportunities to try their hands on what they are learning.

By Claudio B

Apr 18, 2020

Course is covering many interesting subjects. I am happy to finished this course, even if to pass the final test I had to fight against the Python version of the real test (3.5.3) and the one I use to practice (it was a little newer).

By Nur M H

Mar 4, 2023

Excellent course, especially the themes covered. Excellent, engaging, and difficult content. The final labs, however, featured unclear or missing directions. Undoubtedly, I picked up a lot of new ideas. I'm happy to have finished it.

By ANTHONY V S

Apr 7, 2023

I learned a lot but I wish we could have used Microsoft and Apple OS with Python. Many Linux terms went over my head at the start of the course but I can't deny that this course really exercised my critical thinking skills.

By Shawn W

Apr 27, 2020

Too quirky and bash seemed like a bit of a distraction when taking a Python course. The final was a bit quirky and the description wasn't really well-defined.

But overall I learned a bunch of stuff, so ... OK.

By Mark Q

Sep 10, 2020

I do like the challenging topics of this course. Though it will take some time for me to really master it until it becomes 2nd nature, however; this was overall a good course. I would certainly recommend it.

By Evan W

Dec 28, 2022

Most of this courses tests were boring because they basically made you copy code line for line without any thinking. The actual content of the course was very insightful though and I learnt lots.

By Angelo K

Feb 23, 2021

This course was very challenging and I think the labs could use some TLC, but covered good topics and I feel like I have learned about operating systems and how to make my code more functional.

By Sai K

Apr 29, 2020

there were many problems in the final project submission. it didnt read that i have opened the webpage html in the other chrome window... over all it is a good course. intermediate level

By Evan B

Aug 14, 2020

Good. definitely would have helped to have an Ubuntu terminal or virtual machine (I am still new to IT and learning the language, if you will) Challenging in a good way for a beginner.

By Gabriel S L

Mar 19, 2020

The course if fairly complete. At the end, it is expected for the user to look at other code samples and the last lab is very strict with the logic used to solve the last assignment.

By Dzan W

Jan 24, 2021

Course content and teaching / materials were great. However the final 2 labs had confusing/gaps in instructions marring the whole experience slightly - they can be easily fixed ...